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Now in its 13th year, Scenes of the Schuylkill is an annual juried art show and sale that celebrates the beauty of the Schuylkill River region through art. The 2016 exhibit features 98 original works that will be on display at Montgomery County Community College West Campus Gallery in Pottstown from Nov. 9-Dec. 9.

This year, we were pleased to have as our juror Carrie Robbins, Curator/Academic Liaison for Art & Artifacts, Special Collections and lecturer, Department of History of Art at Bryn Mawr College. Robbins selected the following winning entries from 127 submissions.

2016 Scenes of the Schuylkill Winning Entries

Best of Show:Butter Valley, Ink Wash by Edward McCarty

2nd Place:Green Lane,Inkjet Print by Brian McNeill

3rd Place: A Different Point of View, Photograph by Mary Ann Dailey

Honorable Mention: Fresh Tracks, Acryllic, by Richard Sassaman

Honorable Mention:Moon Burst, Photograph by Carol Brightbill

Staff Choice:Farquhar and the Foxtails, Watercolor by Terry L. Souders

In addition to the winning entries, the juror selected 10 additional entries that will be shown at Valley Forge National Historical Park Visitors Center in December and January:

Sankanack Summer Scene, Watercolor by Joe Hoover

Art Class in the Park, Oil by Cheryl Hart

Along the Secret Valley, Photograph by Mary Ann Dailey

Sculling ALong the Columbia Street Bridge, Gouache on paper by Harry Camarda

Special Thanks to Our 2016 Sponsors: Sager & Sager Associates • Campbell Thomas and Company • North Penn Art • Montgomery County Community College • Dolan Law Group •

This event was financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, the Environmental Stewardship Fund, under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.